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Chinese
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big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor |
to startle; to be frightened; to be scared to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm |
small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young |
queer; to blame
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| trad. (大驚小怪)
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大
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驚
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小
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怪
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| simp. (大惊小怪)
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大
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惊
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小
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怪
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Pronunciation
Idiom
大驚小怪
- to make a fuss over a trivial matter; much ado about nothing
什麼事兒這麼大驚小怪？ [MSC, trad.]
什么事儿这么大惊小怪？ [MSC, simp.]- Shénme shìr zhème dàjīngxiǎoguài?
- Why so much fuss?
我並不是大驚小怪的人，但那本書淫穢之甚確實讓我大吃一驚。 [MSC, trad.]
我并不是大惊小怪的人，但那本书淫秽之甚确实让我大吃一惊。 [MSC, simp.]- Wǒ bìng bù shì dàjīngxiǎoguài de rén, dàn nà běn shū yínhuì zhī shèn quèshí ràng wǒ dàchīyījīng.
- I'm not easily shocked, but that book really is obscene.
他大驚小怪地對她說。 [MSC, trad.]
他大惊小怪地对她说。 [MSC, simp.]- Tā dàjīngxiǎoguài de duì tā shuō.
- He spoke to her fussily.
在我們這樣大的國家裡，有少數人鬧事，並不值得大驚小怪，倒是足以幫助我們克服官僚主義。 [MSC, trad.]
在我们这样大的国家里，有少数人闹事，并不值得大惊小怪，倒是足以帮助我们克服官僚主义。 [MSC, simp.]- From: 1957, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《關於正確處理人民內部矛盾的問題》 (On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
- Zài wǒmen zhèyàng dà de guójiā lǐ, yǒu shǎoshù rén nàoshì, bìngbù zhídé dàjīngxiǎoguài, dàoshì zúyǐ bāngzhù wǒmen kèfú guānliáozhǔyì.
- In a large country like ours, there is nothing to get alarmed about if small numbers of people create disturbances; on the contrary, such disturbances will help us get rid of bureaucracy.